MSU hires first full-time sustainability coordinator

6:26 PM,
Feb. 13, 2014

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Missouri State University has hired its first campus sustainability coordinator to oversee projects focused on conserving energy, improving the environment and preserving resources for future generations.

Lauren Bansbach, a May 2013 graduate of MSU, was selected from 27 applicants. She will start Feb. 24 at an annual salary of $30,477. The position is assured for only two years.

"We are excited to fill this position," said David Vaughan, MSU's director of environmental management, who will be Bansbach's boss. "Part of it is having someone ride herd on all the different things going ...